# subpoena-triage

Reviews a company subpoena, classifies its type, checks scope and privilege, and builds an objections framework, response plan, and deadline calendar.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 612 installs · ★ 9795
- Author: anthropics · official Anthropic repository
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/HEAD/litigation-legal/skills/subpoena-triage/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/subpoena-triage

## What it does

The skill reads a subpoena from a supplied path, classifies it, and extracts core details such as the issuing authority, matter caption, requested document categories, testimony topics, and response deadline. It cross-checks the request against the matter log, then reviews scope, burden, privilege, and compliance steps.

It writes the result to `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/inbound/[slug]/triage.md` and copies or links the source as `incoming.[ext]`. Follow-up work can be handed to `/legal-hold --issue`, `/matter-intake`, or `/matter-briefing [slug]`. The workflow treats rule research as a prerequisite, so local procedure and current citations should be checked before written objections. Grand-jury subpoenas stop the normal flow and require criminal-counsel escalation.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill subpoena-triage -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/subpoena-triage/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/subpoena-triage/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill subpoena-triage -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/subpoena-triage/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill subpoena-triage -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/subpoena-triage/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal subpoena-triage
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/subpoena-triage/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill subpoena-triage -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal --path litigation-legal/skills/subpoena-triage
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/subpoena-triage/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill subpoena-triage -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/HEAD/litigation-legal/skills/subpoena-triage/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- classify an incoming subpoena or CID
- extract requested records, testimony topics, and deadlines
- assess scope, burden, and privilege issues
- draft an objections framework and compliance plan
- cross-check the request against the matter log

## Example prompts
- Review `./incoming/subpoena.pdf`, classify it, and prepare an objections framework.
- Check `./subpoena.docx` against the matter log and create a deadline calendar.
- Run `/subpoena-triage ./docs/request.pdf --slug=acme-request` and route the next steps.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: subpoena-triage
description: Triage a subpoena served on the company — classify it, analyze scope/burden/privilege, cross-check the portfolio, and produce an objections framework, compliance plan, and deadline calendar. Use when the user says "we got a subpoena", "served with a subpoena", or shares a subpoena, CID, or third-party document request to evaluate.
argument-hint: "[path-to-subpoena] [--slug=custom-slug]"
---

# /subpoena-triage

1. Read the subpoena from provided path.
2. Classify (third-party-docs / third-party-depo / party / CID / grand-jury).
3. If grand jury → stop, escalate per `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/CLAUDE.md`. Otherwise continue.
4. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/matters/_log.yaml` for cross-check. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/CLAUDE.md` → landscape, privilege conventions, escalation norms.
5. Follow the workflow and reference below.
6. Extract key fields, analyze scope/burden/privilege, produce objections framework + compliance plan + deadline calendar.
7. Write `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/inbound/[slug]/triage.md`. Copy or link subpoena to `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/inbound/[slug]/incoming.[ext]`.
8. Hand off: `/legal-hold --issue` if hold not in place; `/matter-intake` if materiality warrants; `/matter-briefing [slug]` if party subpoena in existing matter.

---

# Subpoena Triage

## Purpose

Subpoenas arrive with deadlines. The failure modes: missing the deadline, over-producing (privilege waiver, burden we should have objected to), under-producing (contempt exposure), or missing a motion-to-quash window. This skill classifies, analyzes, and produces a compliance plan with objections framework.

## Jurisdiction assumption

The rule cited in Step 0 is the operative one for this subpoena in this forum. Subpoena practice varies materially: federal (FRCP 45) vs. state equivalents, state-to-state variants, local rules, court-specific standing orders, and the subpoena type (trial, deposition, document production) all change objection deadlines, place-of-compliance limits, privilege-log requirements, and cost-shifting. Every rule output here is a starting-point heuristic — confirm currency and the local variant before asserting in writing.

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